On a dragonfly walk yesterday, we had a good variety of butterflies; their species count was only one short of the odonates:
Cranberry Bog, Carlisle, MA
June 6, 2026
Common Ringlet 6
American Copper 1
Silvery Blue 3
Zabulon Skipper 1
Pearl Crescent 4
Bronze Copper 1
Clouded Sulphur 1
Least Skipper 1
Silver-bordered Fritillary 5
Viceroy 1
Peck’s Skipper 3
Cabbage White 1
Eastern Pine Elfin 1
Long Dash 1
There was also a couple of large dark butterflies that flew by; we were pretty sure they were Red-spotted Purple.
Alan Ankers
Carlisle, MA